Why an 18-Month Jail Sentence for Money Laundering in BC Is Being Hailed as a ‘Major Milestone’

‘First sentencing in a decade in a B.C. money laundering case,’ says province’s anti-gang agency

Peter German, former deputy commissioner of the RCMP, speaks about his review of anti-money laundering practices in B.C. during a news conference in Vancouver on June 27, 2018. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

News Analysis

British Columbia, a province that has struggled with gang-related illicit funds and organized crime, may finally be turning the corner in its torturous, decades-long struggle to make headway in containing money laundering.